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Bureau RF & A Lands 
Mecklenburg County Virginia 
Clarksville July 31st 1866

Bvt Brig General O Brown 
A A General Bureau RL & AL
Richmond Va

Sir

I have the honor to make the following report of cases tried in Mecklenburg Co Va under the provisions of Circular No 10 Head Quarters Asst Commission of Virginia C.S. 1866. 

A The monthly term of the County Court their were several cases tried where a Freedman was a party, and (in my oppinion [[opinion]]) strict and impartial justice rendered,

Their are one (1) or two (2) Lawyers practicing at the bar of this County who endeavor to create a feeling of hostility against the Freedmen and the Freedmen’s Bureau, however they do not represent the feelings of the majority of the white people of this county and are not worth taking notice off they are working for hire. 

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